Reading.Guru is One Year Old
Yippeeee!
I started my blog in a moment of inspiration a year ago on 11 Aug 2019 and celebrated it’s first birthday last week.
Thoughts on Last One Year
Aim of the blog is to share
- My love of reading.
- What I’ve learned and enjoyed in my life so far.
The blog serves as my public diary
- As a reminder to myself of my own journey
- Something I hope my children may read when they grow up and find something of value for their own life.
My journey is still on.
All that you read is created for my own reading
That’s how I choose what I publish.
It’s about my own journey, for my own journey.
Now you know why things seem randomly posted over here. That’s how life is.
I never expected anyone else to read my public diary
Honestly.
But readers from 131 countries have read this blog in the last one year.
I have no words to say, except:
I am grateful to all the readers.
My blog had a humble beginning
As a human I can’t help comparing with awesome blogs out there.
Every time I feel this urge, I go to my first article and compare myself today to where I was a year ago.
So it is with life.
This blog is a hobby right now
The only thing for certain is that it will evolve.
Things I Learned in One Year of Blogging
Discover Your Niche
My niche is a combination of Reading (hobby), Finance and Accounting (education) and Technology (career).
Read about How to discover your niche?
Act on the Moment of Inspiration
Inspiration is perishable. You need to leverage the moment of inspiration.
Execute Consistently
Do something every day.
Learn to Write
Writing gives a concrete form to the vague vapourware in your mind. Ability to write well is a superpower. In blogging or anything else for that matter.
Actions express Priorities
The ideas and energy come from action, not just thinking about action.
Opportunities follow.
Edit
Editing for conciseness, clarity, grammar and punctuation makes your writing smooth as butter.
Reader’s deserve smooth writing for their time spent.
Distribution
Unless someone reads what you have written, there is no way to get feedback to improve.
- Explicit feedback – When people tell you directly if you are good or bad.
- Implicit feedback – The number of people reading is also feedback even if they don’t tell you anything explicitly. They are voting with their most precious resource – time – to read your words.
Evolve as You Learn
Be open and go with the flow.
Choose wisely from the multiple forks in the road that open up as you progress.
Take a long term view at every decision point.
Learn from Others
When you get stuck learn by observing what others are doing, or by asking them a direct question.
Alternatively, read (books, what else!) about their experiences solving the same problem.
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